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New York, NY

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), New York, NY (LGA) ranks #11 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). New York, NY posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.2%
On-time
Top 76%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
1.80%
Cancelled
#11 of 382
Corpus placement
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LGA on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 11,258,357.

Late Aircraft 41.0% (4,612,657 min)
Carrier 30.2% (3,403,992 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 23.9% (2,695,928 min)
Weather 4.7% (529,840 min)
Security 0.1% (15,940 min)

LGA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (92.7%) · worst: July (88.1%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.8%

LGA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.4% 89.2% ▼ -6.5%

LGA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 24.6 min · taxi-in 8.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

20 min25 min30 min35 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.1 min 25.7 min ▲ +11.3%

LGA's average taxi-out (24.6 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is October 2025 at 30.8 min; the lightest is March 2024 at 21.5 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for New York, NY.

Cancellation Rate

1.80%

28,401 of 1,574,867 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

1,997 of 1,574,867 flights

Delay Rate

18.8%

295,934 of 1,574,867 flights

Top Routes from LGA

Busiest routes to and from New York, NY.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → LGA (New York) 56,539 78.2% 733 mi
LGA (New York) → ORD (Chicago) 56,521 80.8% 733 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → LGA (New York) 42,079 80.8% 762 mi
LGA (New York) → ATL (Atlanta) 42,078 82.2% 762 mi
LGA (New York) → BOS (Boston) 39,006 82.4% 184 mi
BOS (Boston) → LGA (New York) 38,931 83.4% 184 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LGA (New York) 33,252 78.2% 1,389 mi
LGA (New York) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 33,246 79.4% 1,389 mi
LGA (New York) → MIA (Miami) 30,353 76.9% 1,096 mi
MIA (Miami) → LGA (New York) 30,316 75.4% 1,096 mi
DCA (Washington) → LGA (New York) 28,869 80% 214 mi
LGA (New York) → DCA (Washington) 28,793 82.8% 214 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → LGA (New York) 28,574 77.9% 544 mi
LGA (New York) → CLT (Charlotte) 28,570 84% 544 mi
LGA (New York) → MCO (Orlando) 25,848 74.6% 950 mi
MCO (Orlando) → LGA (New York) 25,822 74.7% 950 mi
DEN (Denver) → LGA (New York) 24,370 75.6% 1,620 mi
LGA (New York) → DEN (Denver) 24,360 80.6% 1,620 mi
FLL (Fort Lauderdale) → LGA (New York) 24,199 75.8% 1,076 mi
LGA (New York) → FLL (Fort Lauderdale) 24,183 74.5% 1,076 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for New York, NY, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.2%).

Providence, RI

Providence, RI

81.2% on-time 160,073 flights

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

81.3% on-time 1,060,086 flights

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, MO

81.3% on-time 687,272 flights

Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN

81.3% on-time 251,985 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,574,867).

Detroit, MI

Detroit, MI

1,488,949 flights 84.8% on-time

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco, CA

1,466,784 flights 81% on-time

Boston, MA

Boston, MA

1,455,478 flights 79.9% on-time

Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

1,718,833 flights 76.7% on-time

Other Airports in New York

Compare performance with other New York airports.

JFK 79.4%

New York, NY

New York · 1,274,816 flights
BUF 80.6%

Buffalo, NY

Buffalo · 221,909 flights
SYR 81.5%

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse · 131,663 flights
ALB 80.9%

Albany, NY

Albany · 129,222 flights
ROC 82%

Rochester, NY

Rochester · 126,934 flights
HPN 79.1%

White Plains, NY

White Plains · 117,692 flights
ISP 77.9%

Islip, NY

Islip · 54,300 flights
ELM 84.5%

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning · 13,181 flights

LGA delay-share reading

The standout signal at New York, NY is traffic scale: 1,574,867 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #11 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 81.2% on-time rate (2.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 295,934 delayed departures, and 28,401 cancellations (1.80% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (41.0% late-aircraft, 30.2% carrier, 23.9% NAS, 4.7% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, LGA is strongest in September (92.7% on-time) and weakest in July (88.1%), a 4.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~24,150 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 78.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for New York: New York flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LGA's data

LGA's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from LGA before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. October 2025 averaged 30.8 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.